No food has quite the allure and mystery of the truffle. For years, professional chefs have been wowing their guests with the complex flavors and intoxicating aromas yet home chefs hesitate to take the plunge. Truffle in the Kitchen not only guides you through the many uses of the culinary truffle but goes deep into the lore and science that makes the truffle so fun to use and enjoy. Jack Czarnecki, of Joe's Restaurant (Reading, PA) and The Joel Palmer House (Dayton, OR), shares with you everything he's learned over his lauded career foraging for truffles, using them in his restaurants and making truffle products. Winner of a James Beard Book award in 1996, Jack once again wants to take you on a culinary journey with humor and insight. Explore the fun and aromatic world of the truffle!

In his second cookbook, Rodney Dunn, founder of The Agrarian Kitchen in Tasmania, celebrates the natural wonder that is the truffle. In addition to more than 60 recipes, Rodney gives a fascinating insight into the Australian truffle industry and practical advice on buying, storing and (most importantly) cooking with truffles. Harvested in winter, truffles have an intense earthy flavour that works particularly well with indulgent ingredients such as cream, butter and cheese. Rodney's recipes are lush and comforting -- just the thing for cosy meals at home -- and once you start experimenting, you'll be surprised at how many dishes can be enhanced by this inimitable fungus. As Rodney firmly believes, there is no such thing as too much truffle.

This expanded and updated edition of the local bestseller takes food lovers and serious home cooks on a tasty romp into Chicago's secret culinary corners to find everything they never knew they needed. Includes information on over 2,000 ingredients, little-known stores and grocers, helpful hints, and recipes.

ylvania, gives an account of his life-long fascination with mushrooms--hunting them, cooking them, and eating them--and provides 100 recipes for both exotic mushrooms and the "wild" varieties that are now widely available. 27 color photos.

The perfect primer for experimenting with truffles in over 150 recipes. An ingredient with magical properties which brings a new dimension to countless dishes, the truffle is nature’s most lauded culinary treasure. Cooking with Truffles: A Chef's Guide demystifies the truffle for the professional and the home chef, with over 150 unique and tantalizing recipes to suit every palate and occasion. Written by Susi Gott Séguret, Cooking with Truffles features a variety of recipes, ranging from the simple to the sublime. And if you should happen to find yourself without a truffle in your pantry, the recipes stand well on their own! Cooking with Truffles includes an introduction to truffle history—both at home and abroad—as well as truffle science and geography, and notes on taste profiles and seasonality. Anecdotes and photos throughout bring to life a cookbook that's a true feast for the senses. If you’ve ever been curious about truffles, here’s your chance to satisfy your yearnings!

No matter where you live, or how gloomy it may be outside, Patricia Wells will brighten your kitchen with the sunny flavors of France's bountiful south with The Provence Cookbook. A French-food expert and longtime Provence resident, Patricia offers readers an intimate guide to the culinary treasures of this sun-drenched landscape and dishes that will transport you and your guests with every flavorful bite. The Provence Cookbook's 175 enticing recipes reflect Patricia's long and close ties with the farmers and purveyors who provide her and her neighbors in Provence with a kaleidoscope of high-quality foods. Their year-round bounty is the inspiration for these exciting, healthful Mediterranean-French dishes,which Patricia shares with home cooks everywhere. Over the past twenty years, it is Patricia who has often been the student, learning Provencal ways and regional recipes directly from the locals. With The Provence Cookbook, her readers benefit from this rich inheritance, as she passes along such recipes as My Vegetable Man's Asparagus Flan, or Maussane Potter's Spaghetti. Along side authentic and flavorful dishes for every course from hors d'oeuvre to dessert, as wellas pantry staples, The Provence Cookbook features eighty-eight of Patricia's artful black-and-white photographs of Provence's farmers, shopkeepers, and delightful products. More than a cookbook, this is also a complete guide and handbook to Provencal dining, with vendor profiles, restaurant and food shop recommendations and contact information, and twelve tempting menus -- delight in An August Dinner at Sunset or perhaps A Winter Truffle Feast. Whether you are a home cook, a traveler, or an armchair adventurer, enjoy Provence as the locals do, with Patricia Wells and The Provence Cookbook as your guides.

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